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| Cut from a newspaper July 2 1981 |
Showing posts with label 1981. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1981. Show all posts
The Elephant Man (David Lynch)
One of David Lynch's finest films. A moving tale told with Lynch's trademark weirdness. You could almost call it steam punk.
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| Cut from a newspaper February 5 1981 |
Alligator
I wish I'd seen this film, which was written by John Sayles who wrote arthouse favourites Matewan, Secret of Roan Inish and uh, Piranha (1978)
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| From either the Sun or Herald newspaper, Melbourne Australia, January 22 1981 |
Mad Max 2
Wow...what an incredible film this was! At this point in 1981 I hadn't seen the first Mad Max movie, but it didn't matter, this movie stood alone perfectly and for me is the only Mad Max film worth watching.
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| December 1981 |
On the back of the clipping:
Excalibur
Battlestar Galactica: Conquest of the Earth
Oh dear. A movie cobbled together from episodes of the second and much maligned Battlestar Galactica sequel series. By the time it reached Australia in 1980 I'd heard how bad it was and I decided to skip seeing it to save money for the million other sci-fi movies released that year.
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| May 7 1981 |
On the back of the clipping:
Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon was both completely stupid yet highly enjoyable, with a great Queen soundtrack to boot.
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| April 1981 |
On the back of the clipping:
Urgh! A Music War
Here's an obscure one for you. The Police were the draw card, but they were only one of twenty eight bands in this film of live performances from mainly UK punk/new wave bands.
On the back of the clipping: note the 'Tandoori Turkey' Christmas dinner from Moghul
Time Bandits
Monty Python-esque, funny and surreal, this was one of Terry Gilliam's best films and one of the bright spots of my 1981, a year filled with ever increasing school and family angst.
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| December 10 1981 |
On the back of the clipping: cheap furniture when 'colonial' was the design de jour
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